UCLA Law Review Issue on the Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations

Pauline Toboulidis | December 20, 2023 | Charitable Nonprofit Organizations

Last fall, UCLA Law hosted a symposium on the Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. The symposium—sponsored by ALI, the UCLA School of Law Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law & Policy, the UCLA School of Law Program on Philanthropy and...

ALI CLE Program: Choice-of-Entity and Tax Considerations for Nonprofits

Madison Bessho | November 16, 2023 | Charitable Nonprofit Organizations

A new ethics course from ALI CLE will discuss the different approaches for nonprofits and charitable organizations’ entity selection and the results these selections will have on the organization’s tax status.  From the course description:  Nonprofit and charitable...

UCLA Law Launches Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits

Madison Bessho | October 26, 2021 | Charitable Nonprofit Organizations

Devoted to research, training, and policy in the evolving area of law and society, UCLA School of Law has established the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits. Jill R. Horwitz of UCLA Law, Reporter for Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, will...

Regulatory Compliance for Nonprofits

Christine Abely | December 30, 2020 | Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations

This article was originally published on NYU Law’s Compliance & Enforcement blog on December 4, 2020. View the original post here.  Recently, The New York Times published an article1 detailing alleged issues at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York...

Nonprofit Governance in an Age of Compliance

Peter Molk and D. Daniel Sokol | August 19, 2020 | Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations

ABSTRACTThe stakes for proper nonprofit governance are extremely high. Over 1.5 million nonprofits are registered with the IRS, collectively employing 12 million people and accounting for 5.4% of US GDP. Yet while for-profit companies have significant checks on the...

Nonprofit Governance: Who Should Be Watching? A Look at State, Federal and Dual Regulation

Jaclyn A. Cherry | July 31, 2019 | Charitable Nonprofit Organizations

ABSTRACTRecent scandals in the nonprofit sector have once again called into question the issue of nonprofit governance. Who is governing these organizations and are they doing so appropriately? Who is regulating and what law applies — federal, state, or both? The one...